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Adoptive Families
We asked our readers: Do you believe your child was destined for your family? Or does fate have nothing to do with it? Here are your stories. Join or renew now for exclusive access to this article, the full searchable Adoptive Families Adoption Parenting Library, and more. Already a member? Log in below. [wppb-login] Need help? CLICK HERE
Adoptive Families
Find expert guidance and personal stories on navigating the adoption process—from choosing your adoption agency or team of professionals to completing the home study to surviving the wait as a hopeful adoptive parent. “Our adoption profile was shown to an expectant mother, and she selected a different family. We knew this was a possibility, of course, but feel disappointed. How to cope?” Readers offer advice. "Be yourself" and more real-life advice for the "match meeting" with an expectant mother.
Viewpoint: Five (More) Things You Should Know about the Proposed B.C. Environmental Assessment Act | JD Supra
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Government of British Columbia Introduces Indigenous Consent Requirement for Major Projects | JD Supra
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Alberta Revises Internal Procedures for Addressing First Nations and Métis Settlement Consultation | JD Supra
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"First Words” in Our Older Child Foster Adoption
We may not have heard our children’s very first words, but we’ve heard many others in our journey through infertility and foster adoption—and now, as family. Subscribe or renew now for exclusive access to this article, future digital issues of Adoptive Families, the full searchable Adoption Parenting Library and much more. Already a member? Log in below. Need help? CLICK HERE
Bill Backing UNDRIP Heads to Senate, Moves One Step Closer to Becoming Law in Canada | JD Supra
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Court Confirms Power of Alberta Aboriginal Consultation Office to Decide Who Gets Consulted | JD Supra
The Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench (Court) provided much-needed clarity about the role of the Alberta Aboriginal Consultation Office (ACO) and the duty to consult in Alberta in its decision in Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation v. Alberta (ACFN Decision). The ACFN Decision is one of a series of recent judicial review decisions that stem from questions about the role of the ACO in aboriginal consultation.
B.C. Court Decision Provides Example of the State of Indigenous Law in Canada
Court decisions can often provide learning opportunities — they establish legal principles, apply those principles to certain facts, and illustrate relative trends, or stability, in the law. The recent decision of the B.C. Supreme Court in Fort Nelson First Nation v. B.C. Oil and Gas Commission (Fort Nelson) provides a number of learning opportunities.
Implementing UNDRIP? Federal Government Releases Draft Environmental Legislation
On February 8, 2018, the Government of Canada introduced Bill C-69 to reform the federal environmental impact assessment process, replace the National Energy Board and amend the Navigation Protection Act. Two days earlier, Bill C-68 proposed amendments to the Fisheries Act. The proposed legislation provides the most significant illustration to date of how the federal government intends to meet its commitment to implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP).
Did I Forget the “Dam” Licence? A Primer on B.C.’s Regulatory Power Over Water Storage Facilities
Should waves of concern wash over British Columbia after the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives sent a letter to the B.C. Environmental Assessment Office claiming nearly 60 unlicensed dams were built in northeast B.C. to store fresh water for natural gas fracking operations?
B.C. Court Denies First Nations Injunction Request to Stop Development Pending Resolution of Action
On May 31, 2017, the British Columbia Supreme Court (Court) in Yahey v. British Columbia (Yahey) denied a second injunction application by Blueberry River First Nations (BRFN) to limit future development in certain portions of their traditional territory pending resolution of an underlying infringement claim.
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